Gina C.
Yelp
I just want to update my review & point out some AWESOME staff member's & some not so good ones. I just stayed here on 05/30/2024 & back in April 2024 thanks to Palms for free rooms. I took my friend who was visiting from out of town here for a night. We had already planned on hitting up their pool & I must say that JOHNNY-VIP pool host is amazing!! He was so nice, friendly & got my friend & I a nice semi-private pool/cabana that over looked their main pools. We had such a nice time and didn't have to worry about any kids jumping around us or screaming. We even had 2 nice couples next to us. Johnny came around a few times to check on us. :-)
I must say that the wait staff was kinda slow & flaky. I ordered a bucket of Nutrl's from a tan, medium build muscular guy & when my friend went to order her bucket of Topo Chico seltzlers from this female waitress who were working the upstairs pool cabanas had told my friend that they were in our cabana on the table, so we looked & I was like "those are mine." So my friend had to remind the female waitress again what she had ordered from her earlier. Kinda a flaky move. I had then ordered 2 bottles of water from the guy a little later & it took 30mins plus before he came back with them & said "I didn't forget them I just had to go somewhere else to get them." I wanted to say "where, the store?" lol We never even commented to him on how long it took him to bring them to us, but he already knew. The food runner provided us with great service. He was a young, tall, thin African American male. I unfortunately didn't catch any of their names. They were all nice but the waitress & waiter could have been quicker & communicated with each other better. We got a snack tower that had humus, salsa & guac with chips that was very tasty & took churro's & BLT back to the room that was also tasty. We did enjoy our day in the end & stayed till they closed @ 6pm.
We stayed in the Fantasy Tower & on my past visit I stayed in the Ivory tower. Both had nice, clean rooms & the beds were comfy. The housekeepers need to be more attentive to the shampoo, conditioner & shower gel containers in the showers on the wall to make sure that they are filled & not emptied when they clean the rooms.
All the valet staff I interacted with on both trips were awesome too. Very friendly & quick. On the trip with my friend the bell hop staff we encountered with were also great too. On my most recent trip I was really bothered by a comment that Kim, the bell hop supervisor had said to me when I dropped my bags off at the desk. I had a backpack cooler that I had used & had dumped out the melted ice & water out of but I wasn't sure if it was wet on the outside so when I dropped my bags off (was headed to eat before going home) I told Kim "I'm not sure if this is wet or not so be careful" & he said to me "Well if its wet and/or leaking we will just throw it away." UM WHAT?? I couldn't believe he said that to me & thought that throwing away a guest's property was something he had the right to do. I warned him so if he was that concern then don't put it somewhere where it might get someone else's stuff wet, put it on the floor on top of a towel. I had said to him "I don't think you can just throw someones stuff away?" He had walked off on me. I was in more shock after talking to another staff member complaining to them about him to find out that he is the supervisor. Shame on him!! That really bothered me that he had said that.
I ate @ the cafe & sat @ the bar. Bartender Michael was really nice & fast and he even told me he was going on break so I cashed out with him. I actually used me FREE food voucher this trip, that was so great to get that treat. I also used my free play this last trip & actually won my hand @ BJ too!
Of course on this last visit I had to hit up the pool. I love the new Sammy H. theme. Once again Michael provided exceptional service & checked on me a few times. This time I got a cabana close to the front with my own private pool right out front. But man I had two ladies on different occasions sitting in my cabana chairs & then a young girl (kid) got in my pool while I was in my cabana and she was looking around & looking like she was up to no good...aka peeing in my pool. Then later two other younger sisters (kids) got in my pool while I was in it. Of course I told them all that it was a private pool & they got out but I wish there were signs up for others to know that these cabanas are not opened for just anyone to help themselves too. The black "ropes" didn't go around the area that I was in, but I don't think that would of stopped any of them. I really was more concerned with the young kids and wonder where their parents were that they were just able to wander around the pool area with no adults with them?
Last but not least, I'm giving a shout out to my cabana girl this last trip named LINDSI. She was the BOMB! She was super friendly, attentive & fun to talk to. Thank you!